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Cherokee Papers Manuscript Collection

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Subcollections
Scope Note: Authorities\Attributes\Sub-Collection\

Found in 96 Collections and/or Records:

List of Daniel and Moll Ross' children, mid-19th century

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: 4017.5265
Description

A list of Daniel and Moll Ross' children, handwritten and printed on a catalogue card. Folder 27

Dates: mid-19th century

List of names drawn for Gold Region Land Lottery, October 1, 1832

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: 4026.2101
Description

List of names drawn for the land lottery of the Gold Region, 394th Georgia district, Montgomery County, Georgia, in 1832, signed by Willey Ogletrers. Includes typed manuscript. Folder 17

Dates: October 1, 1832

Map of Brainard Mission and family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss Mindwell, 1824

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 13
Identifier: 3926.254
Description

A hand drawn and annotated map of the Brainard Mission, including building descriptions and a compass. Fields and orchards are described with estimated acreages. On the leftmost panel there is an illustration of the family tree of Samuel Caswell and Miss Mindwell B. with their five children, decorated with a farmhouse and trees in the background. Folder 13

Dates: 1824

Notebook in Cherokee syllabary, 1906 - 1914

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 64
Identifier: 4927.261
Description

Bound journal handwritten in Cherokee syllabary. Dated enteries ranging between 1906 to 1914, likely a personal diary and/or ledger book. Mentions C.R. Hall of Wahhiyah, N.C. Folder 64

Dates: 1906 - 1914

Official copy of resolution signed by Acting Chief Lewis Downing and Secretary G. W. Ross, July 14, 1865

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: 5126.484
Description

Official copy of a resolution signed by Lewis Downing, Acting Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Secretary G. W. Ross offering amnesty to Cherokee citizens who participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. The document includes the oath to be taken by the participants pledging allegiance to the Cherokee Nation and details the conditions for participants to be allowed amnesty. Folder 39

Dates: July 14, 1865

Petition signed by six persons regarding Henry Knave, December 7, 1809

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 3826.1272
Description

A petition signed by six people stating that no person should settle under the protection of Henry Knave as he has made use of "grate liberties" and "shall not live in our country". Folder 8

Dates: December 7, 1809

Photocopies of "An Act in Relation to Minerals", December 15, 1883

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 50
Identifier: 4426.94
Description

Photocopy and photostat of "An Act in Relation to Minerals" to be enacted by the National Council of the Cherokee Nation stating that citizens may submit applications for specific mining procedures with fees to be paid to the Treasury. Folder 50

Dates: December 15, 1883

Photocopy of newspaper report of hearing before Commission to the Five Tribes, 1906

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 58
Identifier: 4127.140
Description

Two photocopies of newspaper report of a hearing before the Commission to the Five Tribes regarding the admission of Anna Flippin et al. to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, describing illegal court proceedings and payoffs to Charles O. Frye. Original moved to flat storage, Indian Documents Drawer 5, number 11. Folder 58

Dates: 1906

Photocopy of the booklet "The Indian Question Discussed by Spencer S. Stevens of the Cherokee Nation", 1882

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 47
Identifier: 3026.349
Description

Photocopy of the booklet "The Indian Question Discussed by Spencer S. Stevens of the Cherokee Nation" regarding the Eurocentric view of what was referred to as "the Indian problem". Stevens calls for the U. S. government to adopt a well-defined policy that is "just, wise and humane" while favoring assimilation to Christianity. The original manuscript is in the Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma. Folder 47

Dates: 1882

Photostat of Cherokee Council Rules in syllabary, 1887

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 53
Identifier: 4926.259
Description

Photostat of Cherokee Council rules written in Cherokee syllabary. Folder 53

Dates: 1887